Autism and Intellectual Disability in Adults Volume 1

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This is a multi-author annual volume for health and social care workers who work with adults with autism and intellectual disability. It looks at ways in which autistic people (focusing here on those with additional intellectual impairments) can have the best possible quality of life ;on their own terms; using a values-based and person-centred perspective.

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